Strong For Recommendation
FES cycling should be provided to improve cardiorespiratory fitness in people with SCI.
| FES cycling (v no intervention) on cardiorespiratory fitness in people with SCI | |||||||
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| P | People with SCI | Evidence recommendation No evidence recommendation Reason: No RCTs | Strong opinion statement FOR FES cycling should be provided to improve cardiorespiratory fitness in people with SCI. |
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| I | FES cycling | ||||||
| C | No intervention | Consensus-based opinion statement Strong for (77%) |
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| O | Cardiorespiratory Fitness | ||||||
The Australian and NZ SCI Physiotherapy guideline committee recommends FES cycling should be provided to improve cardiorespiratory fitness in people with SCI.
This is a consensus-based opinion statement supported by the opinions of the experts. There are no randomized controlled trials on this topic. The guideline states:
FES cycling should be provided to improve cardiorespiratory fitness in people with SCI.
This statement was formed by considering the opinions of the experts alongside other factors. The other factors that were considered were benefits and harms, values and preferences, resource use, equity, accessibility, and feasibility. This is a consensus-based opinion statement. Consensus-based opinion statements are less robust than evidence-based recommendations. They can be strong or weak. This is a strong consensus-based opinion statement which means that the guideline panel is confident they can recommend FES cycling to improve cardiorespiratory fitness in people with SCI based on opinion.
To learn more about the research related to this intervention go to the research summary tab on the website.